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The Miriam Tradition: Teaching Embodied Torah
Cia Sautter
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Description for The Miriam Tradition: Teaching Embodied Torah
paperback. Highlighting the importance of song and dance rituals to Sephardic Jewish religious practices Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: AS; HRJC; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 10. Weight in Grams: 256.
The Miriam Tradition works from the premise that religious values form in and through movement, with ritual and dance developing patterns for enacting those values. Cia Sautter considers the case of Sephardic Jewish women who, following in the tradition of Miriam the prophet, performed dance and music for Jewish celebrations and special occasions. She uses rabbinic and feminist understandings of the Torah to argue that these women, called tanyaderas, "taught" Jewish values by leading appropriate behavior for major life events. Sautter considers the religious values that are in music and dance performed by tanyaderas and examines them in conjunction with written ... Read more
The Miriam Tradition works from the premise that religious values form in and through movement, with ritual and dance developing patterns for enacting those values. Cia Sautter considers the case of Sephardic Jewish women who, following in the tradition of Miriam the prophet, performed dance and music for Jewish celebrations and special occasions. She uses rabbinic and feminist understandings of the Torah to argue that these women, called tanyaderas, "taught" Jewish values by leading appropriate behavior for major life events. Sautter considers the religious values that are in music and dance performed by tanyaderas and examines them in conjunction with written ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
Number of Pages
184
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252077623
SKU
V9780252077623
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About Cia Sautter
Cia Sautter, Phd. teaches religious studies, dance, and yoga. She currently lives in Minnesota.
Reviews for The Miriam Tradition: Teaching Embodied Torah
"Taking the study of embodied Torah in women's movement and dance in an exciting new direction, this compelling and sophisticated book is of special interest to students and scholars of Judaism, ritual studies, women's studies, and dance."
Barbara A. McGraw, coauthor of Many Peoples, Many Faiths: Women and Men in the World Religions
Barbara A. McGraw, coauthor of Many Peoples, Many Faiths: Women and Men in the World Religions